Community Profile

Everyone knows that the writers are out of jobs because they're on strike. It's what being on strike means, and it's a risk they decided to take.

But hundreds of other people are also out of jobs: actors, technicians, staff, crew. These people had no say in whether the writers went on strike or not. They didn't choose to lose their jobs.

Fans have done a lot to support the strike, so that it ends as quickly as possible. But that end is still far out of sight.

But there's a way that you can help now the people who need help the most. strike_support is a general fandom community dedicated to helping those affected by the strike, who don't have their union's funds to fall back on. We're doing this through two charities: The Actors' Fund, based in NYC, and The Motion Picture & Television Fund, based in LA. If you know another charity that supports "below the line" people, please contact esotaria.


How Does this Work?

If you are able to contribute fiscally, you can donate directly to the two sites mentioned above. If you can't offer monetary aid, sign up to commit time and talent. You can do this is by posting an offer of skills you can do for others to the community. Short stories to creating icons, from LJ layouts to fanfic banners, whatever you are capable of doing is up for grabs. Except fanfiction. Fanfiction is still technically copyright infringment, and since money is involved, we would be especially at risk for legal action. Original stories are good, but steer clear of copyrighted material. Be sure to promote your skills by providing links to examples and what your going rate is. If not specified the rates will assume to be the following:
Fiction 100 words to 500 words: $3
Fiction 501+: $5
LJ banners, Icon sets (4 icons), fanfic banners, misc. graphics projects: $5
LJ Layouts: $5
Web site help: $5 to $10 depending on sort of aid needed.
Betaing: $1/500 words

If you’re interested in "hiring" any of the talent posted, comment to the post with the specifications of what you wish to have, contact information such as email and name and how much you are willing to donate for the work if not the same as the rate posted. If they accept the proposition, they will respond by commenting and then have a pledge to fulfill. Not all requests will be accepted but that’s where negotiations are fun.

Once you have made your promised donation, forward the receipt to knolan23 at gmail dot com and the talent you hired will begin work on what you requested. You will not receive anything until you send in a receipt. This is so we can keep track of donations and make sure that our talent is being "paid" fairly for their work.

Steps

1. Join the community, and promote us to anyone who may be interested in participating or donating. Participants can continually sign on to help since there is no telling how long aid will be needed.


2. Writers/artists/web guru’s who wish to participate should individually post the following information to the community:
LJ ID or some type of pledge name and contact email.
A description of what services are available through you with links to possible examples and the rates you’d prefer to raise for the projects.
Any limitations such as content you prefer to avoid.
Estimates of time taken for work requested and if there are reasons for a possible delay for product.

3. More than one pledge may be posted in a comment as long as they are for the same author. For example, if you want me to write two drabbles with two different prompts, you can post that in the same comment.

4. Postings to the community of completed works will continually take place. Of course it’s alright to post finished products elsewhere but it would be nice to share your masterpieces where they were requested. It will be the responsibility of the writer/artists/web guru’s to keep in contact with their donators to make sure they receive their requested pieces.

5. Though there isn’t a deadline for completed works, there will be a reasonable assumption of completion within 6 weeks of the request. The donators will be responsible for contacting their authors/artists/web guru’s until satisfied with the product. If by the sixth week, the work has not been delivered, please contact esotaria.

6. All fics must be 500 words or more. Ficlets or drabbles of lesser length are acceptable when specifically requested.


7. We prefer that you donate directly to The Actors' Fund or The Motion Picture and Television Fund and send us the receipt as proof of payment. If you have problems donating to those sites, or have another charity you would like to suggest, please contact esotaria.

9. All payments are requested to be received within 10 days of posting a request and receiving a confirmation from the writer/artist/web guru that they accept the project.

10. An account summary of funds collected will be kept and updates posted regularly on our progress.



A thousand and one thanks to the_fund for letting us copy their format! If you have the time and the ability, please join them and help those in New Orleans!

Members (29):

Watched by (29):